Get Your Students Hired
I use "models" in my class. I distribute models of what the course requires, and I post them on the Student Portal. I cannot figure out why so many do not get that the model is the paradigm to follow.
I ask them if they think I want results "somehwat" like the model or "exactly" like the model, and they claim to understand. Yet, when it comes, to margins, and line spacing, and title pages, etc. They do not get it. Any suggestions?
When I teach a speech class I start out with some improvisational acting drills. I learned them when I was training with an acting company in New York. I also do the drills with the students so they see how to conduct the drill and they see that I am not afraid to get up in front of them.
As they conduct the drills they start to laugh and relax. From there I notice that they are much more open to ideas and sharing their fears and experiences with public speaking.
Hi Michael,
You may want to try stating what the margins and line spacing are as well as providing written instructions on how to do everything.
Patricia